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I like minions, watching stand-up comedy, cars and planes.
I borrowed this template from my amazing lab-mate Deema.
I am Dylan, a Ph.D. Student in Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)🌽 , advised by Prof. Hao Peng. A proud member of our lab (as of the most recent update, our lab’s official name is ALTA).
I’m broadly interested in language model post-training. My previous work has focused on the data-centric aspects of post-training, and moving forward, I’m eager to explore new directions such as offline-to-online reinforcement learning, incentivizing proactive reasoning behaviors for knowledge discovery, and enabling the rapid deployment of foundation model–based agents in novel environments.
I’m also deeply excited about the growing role of foundation models in scientific discovery—and the rich post-training algorithmic challenges that come with it.
I am looking for Research Internship opportunities for 2026 summer
Ph.D. in Computer Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 🌽 🐿️
Advisor: Prof. Hao Peng
2022 - Present
Student Researcher
Research Intern
Microsoft Research
Research Intern
Microsoft Research
Last updated: Sept, 2025